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As a player, he represented Iraq in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, the country’s only participation at the big tournament. Now, he is trying to take Iraq to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as an assistant coach. This is his story. Read more…

Ahmed has never scored a goal for his country, nor is he a household name in the league. But his story of playing football in Iraq as part of a generation of players forgotten in the midst of sanctions and war is important to tell. Read more…